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Measures of Men (German: Der vermessene Mensch – vermessen means measured as well as presumptuous) is a 2023 German drama film directed by Lars Kraume. Starring Leonard Scheicher as an ethnologist, the film tells the story of the Herero and Namaqua genocide which was perpetrated in German South West Africa (now Namibia) between 1904 and 1908.
With Leonard Scheicher, Girley Jazama, Peter Simonischek, Sven Schelker. End of 19th century German ethnologist Hoffmann travels to the former colony "German Southwest Africa" to gather art and skulls for the Berlin Ethnological Museum and slowly begins to lose his moral compass.
4.26K subscribers. Subscribed. 39. 4.1K views 10 months ago. Germany's historical bigotry against Africans, and its servitude toward legitimizing mass slaughter is documented in this historical...
Mar 27, 2023 · 'Measures of Men' sheds light on German colonial crimes. Kevin Tschierse. 03/27/2023. A new German movie picks up the country's dark history of genocide against the Herero and...
Mar 2, 2023 · Review: Measures of Men. by Susanne Gottlieb. 02/03/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: In his historical drama, Lars Kraume shows the appalling legacy of German colonialism in modern-day Namibia. Leonard Scheicher and Girley Charlene Jazama in Measures of Men. “I am studying these cultures.”
Mar 24, 2023 · Measures of Men traces the story of the Herero and Nama massacre from the perspective of well-meaning but naive German ethnologist Alexander Hoffmann, played by Leonard Scheicher, who...
Mar 31, 2023 · “Measures of Men,” which was filmed in Berlin and Namibia, focuses on an ambitious German ethnologist (Leonard Scheicher) who develops a fascination with a Herero woman (Girley Jazama) after...
Measures of Men is a 2023 German drama film directed by Lars Kraume. Starring Leonard Scheicher as an ethnologist, the film tells the story of the Herero and Namaqua genocide which was perpetrated in German South West Africa between 1904 and 1908.
Directed by Lars Kraume. Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a ‘Colonial Exhibition’, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia Kambazembi as subject for his studies. Cast. Crew. Details.
Sep 16, 2021 · by Lars Kraume. synopsis. Alexander Hoffmann is determined to continue the legacy of his father, a pioneering ethnologist. At university, he gets caught up in the maelstrom of the evolutionist race theory of the late 19th century.
